CamWorld Daily

I’m up late playing …

I don’t think I’m going to make it to SXSW this year, despite the number of people who emailed offering free beers. It’s mostly a time issue for me, and I don’t think I can take four days off next month — especially since I want to attend CHI 2001 in April in Seattle.

Microsoft is saying that the upcoming versions of Office XP and Windows XP will have a limited number of installs (like five). What bothers me about this is that re-installing the software (or OS) is often the only solution to many technical problems when dealing with Microsoft software that has overtaken your system. Sorry, you gotta FedEx your computer to Microsoft if you want it fixed. Or better yet, maybe Microsoft will require you to re-purchase the software you already own.

The last paragraph of this story is classic. The reader who submitted this is using Netscape 3.x on a 68K Macintosh. Just goes to show you that you can’t always assume your audience is using the most up-to-date technologies.

This is a good idea, but what’s stopping the state of New York from then selling your contact information to companies that aren’t doing telemarketing?